Shoe-polishing stand.



- form of embodiment of the invention capable ments, or the like.

PETER HENRY HIXON, OF CHIOAGQILLINOIS.

SHOE-POLISHING STAND.

No. 808,986. Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed January 6, 1905. Serial No. 239,934.

Patented Jan. 2, 1906.

T ll hom, it may concern: the chairs and the rim to prevent them from Be it known that 1, PETER HENRY 'HIXON, l displacement therefrom. The forward pora citizen of the United States, residing at tions of the base are provided with hinged Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of covers 17, forming closures to the receptacles Illinois, have invented a new and useful and affording ready access thereto. The Shoe-Polishing Stand, of which the following cover members 17 are provided with hasps is a specification. 18 for engaging staples 19 on the fronts of This invention relates to shoe-polishing the receptacles to provide for locking the stands, and has for its object to improve the closures, as by padlocks 20, one of which is construction and increase the convenience shown in position. Spaced notches forming seats 22 are formed in the front wall of the and efficiency of devices of this character.

With these and other objects in view, receptacles 12, the cover members 17 closing which will appear as the nature of the inventhe upper open ends of these notches or tion is better understood, the same consists seats. in certain novel features of construction, as Within the receptacles 12 spaced steps 23 hereinafter fully described and claimed. are formed in a transverse bar to receive the In the accompanying drawings, forming a lower ends of the foot-supporting members, which consist of foot-rests 25, having stems part of this specification, and in which corre-. sponding parts are denoted by like designatinserted through the seats 22 and detachably fitted at their lower ends in the steps 23, as

ing characters, is illustrated the preferred shown in Fig. 2. When not in use, the stems 24 may be detached from the steps 23 and moved into the receptacle, as at the right in Fig. 1, or detached entirely and stored in the of carrying the same into practical operation. In the drawings thus employed, Figure 1 is a perspective view of an approved form of the device. Fig. 2 1s a transverse section of receptacle, as may be required. When dethe same. Fig. 3 is a detail view of the foldtached and thrust into the receptacle, as at ing step. the right in Fig. 1, the foot-rests occupy less room and are not in the way of passers-by or of the person in mounting to or descending from the chairs on the platform.

The legs 11 will be preferably long enough to enable the operator to sit or stand while at work, and a step will be provided to enable the patron to readilymount the platform, and this step consists of a plate 26, movably mounted beneath the base for projecting therefrom when required for use and for sliding beneath the same when not required. The plate is disposed for movement between ways or guides 27 and limited in its movement by a slot 28 and bolt 29 and is also provided with a standard 30, hinged at 31 to the plate and connected thereto by folding braces 32. The bars 24 are provided with short chains 33, adapted to be coupled to the staples 19 by the lock members 20, as shown, to prevent the surreptitious removal of the foot-supporting members.

A flexible connection consisting of the chains 33, by which each foot-rest is permanently connected with the front wall of the base, is adapted when the foot-rest is arranged within the receptacle to be extended through the notch or seat in which the stem of the foot-rest is adapted to be fitted when the latter is in use, the staple 19, or that The improved device comprises a hollow base provided with supporting-legs and a receptacl'e and adapted for supporting a chair or other form of seat and having spaced footrests detachably connected and adapted for storage in the receptacle when not in use.

The device may be of any desired size or height or arranged to support any number of chairs and provided with corresponding footrests, and for the purpose of illustration a device large enough to support two chairs is shown; but it will be understood that I do not limit myself in any manner to the size of the device or to the number of the chairs and foot-rests which it is capable of supporting.

The base member, represented as a whole at 10, is supported upon suitable legs 11 and provided with receptacles, two of which are indicated at 12 in the illustration. Between the receptacles a guide 13 is formed for a drawer 14, which may be employed for any desired urpose, such as a money-drawer, a storage for the polishing material and imple- The rear portion 15 of the top of the base is continuous and forms a closure to the rear portions of the receptacles and also to the drawer 14 and is provided with an upwardly extending rim 16, the i cover portion 15 being adapted to support than...

member of the locking means which is carried by the front wall of the base, thus performing the additional function of the means of attachment of the chain, while the seat in receiving the chain when the foot rest is within the receptacle permits the cover of the receptacle to be closed down tightly upon the upper edge of the front wall.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is I In a shoe-polishing stand, a hollow base having spaced seats opening upwardly in its front wall and with a stationary top portion at the rear, a front portion hinged to said stationary top portion and bearing over said seats and closing the open ends of the same, a stop member Within said base and bearing on the bottom thereof and provided with recesses in the lower edge in alinement with said seats, and bars extending through said seats and engaging said recesses at their innefi ends and with foot-rests at their outer en s.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aifiXed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

PETER HENRY HIXON. Witnesses:

GEO. W. FAULKNER, W. T. POWELL. 

